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As a consumer, you aren't out reading J.D. Power's consumer surveys or looking at financial rating firms» reviews of these insurers.

After getting some rates from different insurers, take a look at their financial ratings and read insurance reviews to get a better overall view of how the company will be when you need them most.

Not exact matches

«They keep raising rates in an effort to outdo each other,» said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. «There are no TIPS increases, which tends to reduce the effective duration of the forward auctions,» said Jim Vogel, interest rates strategist, at FTN Financial in Memphis, Tennessee.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said two weeks ago that the administration would ensure partners at services firms such as accounting, law and financial firms would not benefit from a new, lower pass - through rate.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates, impose additional limits on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio mortgages.

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The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

Much has been made of the service's plan to raise rates, but a look at its financial status shows that it really doesn't have a choice.

However, looking at DHS data on the arrest rate of illegal entrants at the Mexican border, Federico S. Mandelman, a research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummeting.

According to UBS, certain cities have seen prices rise at rates that are potentially not sustainable - and eight of these financial centers are at risk of having real estate bubbles that could eventually deflate.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Second, the major banks are sitting on a large pile of deposits, so they have little incentive to boost rates to attract more savings, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

Interest rates have remained at unprecedented lows since the financial crisis in 2008, providing more incentive for Canadians to jump into the housing market.

«Financial capital is very mobile and basically is looking only at rates of return,» says Chris Ragan, a professor of economics at McGill University and former adviser at the Bank of Canada.

«Moreover, holding the federal funds rate at its current level for too long could also encourage excessive risk - taking and ultimately undermine financial stability.»

We are looking more carefully at the needs of each area, digging into the «why» in each role, and applying a more disciplined financial lens that allows us to grow more in - line with our revenue rate.

Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank: «The era of low interest rates is at an end which means the proverbial punch in the punch bowl is leaving the party.

Some consumers prefer to focus the highest - rate debt first (a.k.a., the avalanche method); others knock out the smallest balance first (a.k.a. the snowball method), said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

CNBC's Financial Advisor Council weighs in on the impact of possible rising interest rates on investors, at the 2015 TD Ameritrade confab.

You want to find a firm that provides you with adequate services at a rate that makes financial sense.

If you are trying to catch up — and ultimately get ahead — Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, offers these tips on how to handle rising interest rates and the coming tax changes:

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

And it remains one of the few countries to raise rates at all since the financial crisis.

«There's going to be some reluctance for homeowners that have rock bottom mortgage rates to trade out of that into a higher rate, whether it's through a move or a cash - out refinance,» said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

There are really three factors that go into the ability to pay off indebtedness: first, the size of the debt itself (including the rate at which it grows); second, the ratio of one's income or assets to the debt; and third, the competing demands on your financial resources.

Its sales continued falling at double - digit rates in 2014, and its financial results came in even lower than analysts» expectations.

He later recalled that the global financial meltdown that led to the Great Recession could have been mitigated if the Fed had slashed interest rates «more dramatically» at the time.

«With the unemployment rate at 4.7 %, wage growth clearly picking up, and financial conditions much easier, there is likely a limit to how long the Fed's pause can last,» Goldman Sachs economists Jan Hatzius and Zach Pandl wrote in a recent note to clients.

Adds Denis Horrigan, a partner at financial advisory Connecticut Wealth Management, in Farmington, Connecticut: «Business owners may want to consider locking in to the current low - rate environment with any financing needs they have for equipment purchases or construction.»

With the rate of home ownership now close to 70 %, and with household debt at a record high, much of the financial health of Canadian households is inextricably linked to home values, making it the kind of dominant concern that not only affects household finances, but consumer psychology and confidence.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may struggle later this week to convince financial markets she can steer a divided U.S. central bank to raise interest rates at least once in 2016 after it started the year with four hikes on its radar.

Barclays has released information suggesting Diamond was given at least a tacit green light to fix rates during the heart of the financial crisis by Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England.

Michigan's unemployment rate — while far from its highs during the financial crisis — remained above the national average at 8.4 percent in May.

«Mortgage insurance allows Canadians across the country, in rural areas and big cities, to have the same opportunities to access home ownership and at the same interest rates as people who can afford to put down a 25 % down payment,» says Pierre Serré, chief financial officer of CMHC.

Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank Financial stuck with their calls that the central bank would leave its benchmark rate at 0.5 % through 2017 and possibly well into 2018.

They also fear that at such elevated levels, many Canadian households would be unable to withstand a financial shock such as a loss of income, or a sudden spike in interest rates that raised debt services charges.

In a closely - watched keynote speech at a banking conference in Frankfurt, Draghi dropped his clearest hint yet that the ECB will expand its program of asset purchases, which depresses interest rates by injecting money into the financial system, and may also push its official deposit rate even further into negative territory, from its current record low of -0.20 %.

Using proprietary data collected by Restaurant Business and its sister research firm Technomic from 2016, we looked at nearly 100 of the largest US chains and rated them on three criteria we considered the most telling for all - around fast - food excellence: financial performance, customer satisfaction, and overall value.

Miller also wanted to «keep our financing costs at some kind of fixed interest rate, because then I'd be able to factor that into potential acquisitions to see if they made financial sense for us.»

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

At least one financial services analyst questions whether Lending Club's latest move is a sound one, given the negative press that online lenders have gotten for charging high rates and lending to unworthy borrowers.

While Carney's move to drastically cut interest rates in Canada at the beginning of the financial crisis was prophetic, Philip Aldrick of the Telegraph likens the situation to Canada being an innocent bystander to a horrendous car crash with the U.K. economy at the wheel: the enormity and complexity of the economic problems Carney will face are on a whole different level.

Zach Pandl, a strategist at the financial firm Columbia Management, expects the Fed to start raising rates next spring.

«I very much doubt that that the outcome for anyone with a reasonably well - constructed portfolio will be determined by the next interest rate hike,» said David Mendels, director of planning at Creative Financial Concepts in New York.

Prior to joining GMI Ratings, he served as the head of the financial communications practice at Waggener Edstrom (now WE Communications), where his clients included Microsoft, BMC Software, Ener1 and New Stream Capital.

Stéfane Marion, chief economist at National Bank Financial, noted earlier this month Canadian factories currently are using 82 % of their production capacity, a historically strong number that is seven percentage points higher than the corresponding capacity - utilization rate in the United States.